Joan Maetsuycker

Joan Maetsuycker ( also. Johan ( n )) ( * October 14, 1606; † January 25, 1678 in Batavia ) was 1653-1678 Governor General of the Dutch East Indies.

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Maetsuycker had studied law in Leuven. He practiced then in The Hague, and later in Amsterdam. 1636 he went to the East Indies. In 1644 he was sent to Goa, where he negotiated a truce with the Portuguese. He was from 1646 Governor of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka) in 1653 and Governor-General of Dutch East Indies. He had held that post 25 years, longer than any other. In his time the conquest of Makassar, the occupation of the west coast of Sumatra and the first expedition into the interior of Java fell. The well-known biologist Georg Eberhard Rumpf was had in 1670 dismissed his secretary, after Governor demder him because of his blindness ( cataract ).

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  • Governor ( Dutch East Indies )
  • Politician ( Dutch history )
  • Netherlander
  • Born in 1606
  • Died in 1678
  • Man
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